Irwin continued his sporting interests, and was elected President of the Irish Rugby Union in 1935, and was Captain of the Royal County Down Golf Club in 1947/8.[1] On retirement from his medical post, he stood for the Ulster Unionist Party at a 1948 by-election for the Queen's University of Belfast seat, and held this until his death in 1961. Alongside this, he served on the senate of the university, and sat on a wide range of committees, including serving as President of the Central Presbyterian Association. He was knighted in 1957.[1]
Irwin's son Sinclair Irwin also played rugby for Ireland and worked as a surgeon.[1]
samuel, irwin, samuel, thompson, irwin, july, 1877, june, 1961, often, known, irwin, irish, rugby, player, surgeon, unionist, politician, born, claudy, county, londonderry, irwin, studied, foyle, college, queen, college, belfast, while, studying, irwin, played. Sir Samuel Thompson Irwin CBE 3 July 1877 21 June 1961 often known as S T Irwin was an Irish rugby player surgeon and unionist politician Born in Claudy County Londonderry Irwin studied at Foyle College and Queen s College Belfast 1 While studying Irwin played for the Irish national rugby union team in nine Home Nations Championship matches between 1900 and 1903 and he also played cricket to a high level 2 In 1911 Irwin was elected as a fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh and began working at the Ulster Hospital for Children where he developed an interest in orthopaedics and he took up membership of the British Orthopaedic Association He spent most of his career at the Royal Victoria Hospital Belfast but during World War I he worked at the Ulster Volunteer Force Hospital serving in the Royal Army Medical Corps He was the chair of the Northern Ireland Medical War Committee during World War II and received the CBE for this work 1 Irwin continued his sporting interests and was elected President of the Irish Rugby Union in 1935 and was Captain of the Royal County Down Golf Club in 1947 8 1 On retirement from his medical post he stood for the Ulster Unionist Party at a 1948 by election for the Queen s University of Belfast seat and held this until his death in 1961 Alongside this he served on the senate of the university and sat on a wide range of committees including serving as President of the Central Presbyterian Association He was knighted in 1957 1 Irwin s son Sinclair Irwin also played rugby for Ireland and worked as a surgeon 1 References edit a b c d e In Memoriam Samuel Thompson The Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery Vol 43B No 4 pp 844 845 Samuel Irwin ESPN Scrum Parliament of Northern IrelandPreceded byFrederick McSorleyHoward StevensonHerbert QuinIrene Calvert Member of Parliament for Queen s University of Belfast1948 1961 With Howard Stevenson to 1949Herbert Quin to 1949Irene Calvert to 1953William Lyle 1949Eileen M Hickey 1949 1958Frederick Lloyd Dodd from 1949Elizabeth Maconachie from 1953Charles Stewart from 1958 Succeeded bySheelagh MurnaghanCharles StewartFrederick Lloyd DoddElizabeth Maconachie Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Samuel Irwin amp oldid 1161450294, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
